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If Mitt Romney is already bored of hanging around gas stations and visiting Disneyland in his post-political life, then he should really “do a Roman” and buy a football club. The West London tsar has shown a penchant for hiring and firing managers that puts the former Massachusetts governor to shame. No sooner had Roberto Di Matteo been informed of his firing – at 4am the morning after Chelsea’s defeat at Juventus – than Rafael Benitez was already packing his bags in Abu Dhabi and flying over to have a chat with Abramovich.

The eighth manager of Roman Abramovich's Chelsea reign has been forced out after 262 days in charge - just bettering the tenure's of Andre Villas-Boas (257 days) and Luiz Felipe Scolari (244 days). Of course, being in charge of the London club for two-and-a-half weeks longer than a World Cup-winning manager will come as little comfort for Roberto Di Matteo, who enjoyed a successful career for the team on the pitch as well as winning the long elusive Champions League title.

After 6 years plying his wares stateside, David Beckham has announced his career in the United States will come to an end at next month's Major League Soccer championship game between LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo. While the 37-year-old will hope to end his tenure with another trophy, his most important victory is his impact on the beautiful game in America.

Nine matches and 33 goals: that’s an average of 3.6 a game, and not untypical of a Premier League season that has been as abundant in its entertainment as it has in its shoddy defensive displays. With another 5-2 victory to Arsenal against their north London rivals Spurs and Fernando Torres putting in another miserable performance against West Brom, it may seem that the Premier League is simply the same old story every week. Here’s what GQ.com learnt from the weekend’s smorgasbord of goal-mouth action:

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